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Anyone have concrete facts about how long a female florida king and a female black mexican king will get in length? My local pet store says 7' for the florida and 6' for the black mexican i have not found any site saying 7' for the florida and i have only found about 5' for the black mexican any help?
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Black Mexican King
Florida King
Goins King
Blizzard Corn

To the best of my knowledge, Eastern Kingsnakes are generally the largest (longest) of kingsnakes in general. They grow close to 6'.

I have a Florida Kingsnake and I'm not expecting him to get terribly close to 5', based on what I've learned.

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Holly

1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Fire Skink (Peter Dinsdale)
1.0 Vietnamese Golden Gecko (George Chapman)
0.0.1 Blue Day Gecko (Joe Ball)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

... 2am...it's early.
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Holly

1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Fire Skink (Peter Dinsdale)
1.0 Vietnamese Golden Gecko (George Chapman)
0.0.1 Blue Day Gecko (Joe Ball)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

hmmmm thats kinda good even though i wanted a longer snake. I am thinking of breeding it to a goins king snake next year and it will only get 3'. A lot better for breeding similar size snakes is what im told. Thanks for the post!
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Black Mexican King
Florida King
Goins King
Blizzard Corn

Goini Kings will get larger than 3'.

>>hmmmm thats kinda good even though i wanted a longer snake. I am thinking of breeding it to a goins king snake next year and it will only get 3'. A lot better for breeding similar size snakes is what im told. Thanks for the post!
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>>Black Mexican King
>>Florida King
>>Goins King
>>Blizzard Corn
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1.1 Florida King
1.1 Eastern Kings
1.1 Black Milksnake
1.2 Kankakee Bull Snakes
2.2 Still Water Hypos
1.1 Possibly stillwater x Red Bull
2.2 N. Pinesnake
0.1 Tangerine Honduran
0.0.1 Black Ratsnake
1.0 Chow Chow (2003 Papi)
0.1 Cats (Shug)

my buddy had one for 3 years and it was under 3'.
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Black Mexican King
Florida King
Goins King
Blizzard Corn

Florida king males get huge. Females tend to stay smaller.

I would say male Florida king get as big, if not bigger, than easterns.
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I agree-I've seen a couple of male brooksi that I would guess at close to an honest seven feet.....
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Brad Chambers
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Here is Duke, my male Florida King.
If he is not 6', he's darn close! It's hard to measure him, most of the time he's busy eating

Really nice snake! Now i always heard that in the snake kingdom the females grow larger then the males. By the way my florida is only about 2' 6". Sometimes she just won't eat other times i couldnt thaw out mice fast enough for her.
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Black Mexican King
Florida King
Goins King
Blizzard Corn

Posted by Mikewise:

Now i always heard that in the snake kingdom the females grow larger then the males

Ya that is true. But with Floridana that is the opposite.
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hmmm wow thats odd but very good since i want to breed the florida(F) to the goins(m) and since the goins is a small snake and i thought the florida was a very large snake i figured i was risking the goin's life trying to breed them. Now i feel much more comfortable with them being in the same tank
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Black Mexican King
Florida King
Goins King
Blizzard Corn

I've discovered that mine eats the most during the summer months - which makes sense. Seriously, during June - September Duke eats non-stop.

That is a big one. Any history of where Duke is from?
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A friend bought him from a chain pet store. He soon 'decided' he didn't want a snake. I took him, fed him all he wanted, and he grew like a weed. Had him probed by a vet so I know he's a male.
I've had him 3 years, so I think he's 4 1/2.

>>Anyone have concrete facts about how long a female florida king and a female black mexican king will get in length? My local pet store says 7' for the florida and 6' for the black mexican i have not found any site saying 7' for the florida and i have only found about 5' for the black mexican any help?

The largest kingsnake on record is one from Georgia that was 82". The largest Florida King I've ever seen are large, but not larger than Eastern Kings.

I hear stories all the time. "They have 8' milsnakes in Central America," "My Eastern is almost 7'". Or like one poster says on here, he has a 2.7 year old Eastern that's close to 6' (which is bull[bleep]).

Think of snakes like people - every now and again you get a Shaquille Oneal of a specimen, but usually you get around the norm and no matter how much you feed them, they will never get to even 6'.
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Peace.

-John

hmmm interesting im glad that it won't get 7 feet as will my girlfriend. Maybe she will let me get a rainbow boa like i want *ah wishful thinking* Also good because the 40 gal tank should keep her the rest of her life
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Black Mexican King
Florida King
Goins King
Blizzard Corn

>>I hear stories all the time. "They have 8' milsnakes in Central America," "My Eastern is almost 7'". Or like one poster says on here, he has a 2.7 year old Eastern that's close to 6' (which is bull[bleep]).>>

I heard a classic 'big" snake story the other day. I was at the golf range. There were some deer walking around beyond the range of my driver. I asked the attendant what other animals he sees. He said there were 31 wild turkeys a couple days earlier.

"What about snakes?" i ask.

"Well, last year we had a big one. I heard the people out front talking and yelling and i looked out and there was a big black snake crawling past the front door." (This is in northern kentucky, and some black rats get pretty big; he had otherwise seemed knowledgeable--the water snakes in the river weren't moccasins, he knew. So I wasn't prepared for what came next). "Yep, that snake was 11 feet 3 inches long."

I simply agreed that wow, that IS big.

"When i was a kid," he went on, "I had a big black rat snake. Lived in Indiana. It was 14 feet long. It would wrap around my waist, and it was so heavy i could barely walk when it did that."

The sad--or amusing--part of it is that he was not trying to be funny. He was sincere. And who am i to criticize: I re-visited my elementary school yesterday and the playground was SO much smaller than it was 50 years ago!

>>>>... one poster says on here, he has a 2.7 year old Eastern that's close to 6' (which is bull[bleep]).
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I wouldn't be too quick to disparage that report. An eastern that eats aggressively can grow a LOT, quickly. The 2.7 year old is basically a 3-year old. Discount the "close to" 6' to, say, just over 5', and it sees entirely reasonable to me. Imho.